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San Francisco, CA - December 14, 2012 - Unity
Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and
development tools, is happy to congratulate Fireproof Games and the
many other members of the Unity development community for their
selection to Apple’s AppStore Best of 2012 list. Fireproof
Games’ The Room, a beautifully designed and visually stunning
interactive 3D puzzle game, was selected as overall Game of the
Year on iPad. All told 17 Unity-made games made it onto
Apple’s list of the best games and apps.

“It’s incredibly satisfying to see Unity empowering
so many developers to create such an incredible variety of creative
and engaging titles,” said David Helgason, CEO, Unity
Technologies. “We’re even more proud that so many of
these games are seeing such critical and financial success.
Congratulations to all of the developers and thank you for making
us look so good!”

Best New Ways to Play:Slingshot Racing by Snowbolt Interactive (iPhone),
Total War Battles by The Creative Assembly (iPhone),
Splice: Tree of Life by Cipher Prime (iPad),
Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin by Press Play (iPad),
Beat Sneak Bandit by Simogo (iPad)

Best Fun Runners:Ski Safari by Defiant Development (iPhone and iPad),
Pitfall! by Activision (iPhone and iPad)

Best Free to Play Games:CSR Racing by NaturalMotion (iPhone and iPad)

Best Showpiece Games:ORC: Vengeance by Big Cave Games (iPhone),
Dead Trigger by Madfinger Games (iPhone and iPad),
Air Mail by N-Fusion Interactive (iPhone)

Best Hidden Gems:Triple Town by Spry Fox (iPhone and iPad)

Top Grossing App of the Year, iPhone:Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North by KABAM

Unity Technologies is the creator of Unity, an intuitive and
flexible development platform used to make wildly creative and
intelligently interactive 3D and 2D content. The "author once,
deploy everywhere" capability ensures developers can publish to all
of the most popular platforms. Unity Technologies boasts a thriving
community of 1.5 million registered developers including large
publishers, indie studios, students and hobbyists. Unity
Technologies aggressively re-invests in its award-winning 3D
development tools and democratization initiatives, such as the
Asset Store digital content marketplace and Union game distribution
service, in order to remain at the forefront of innovation. Unity
Technologies is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in
Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea,
Lithuania, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. For more
information, visit:
http://unity3d.com.